SOLUTION: Please help with the following: Write the standard form of the equation of the line described. Through: (5, -1), perpendicular to y = 5/2x Thank you!

Question 1097498: Please help with the following:
Write the standard form of the equation of the line described.
Through: (5, -1), perpendicular to y = 5/2x

Thank you!
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
= the slope of given line

This is the slope of the line through ( 5,-1 )
Use the general point-slope formula

Multiply both sides by

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check:
does it go through ( 5,-1 )?

OK
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